Ebony Availability? Updated with pic

[canvasback]

Replace it with whatever you want, it's your gun. But if you want to replicate what should have been there originally, use horn.

As an aside in most cases, they didn't put horn anywhere else on the gun. That's why you aren't finding it elsewhere.

 

[Ashcroft]

The Brits regularly used horn at various times for heel plates and forend tips on high grade shotguns and rifles. Never for trigger guards like was common on high grade German and Austrian guns. The Brits also used ebony or engraved steel and I’ve seen one with an ivory forend tip. Basic inexpensive guns frequently were finished plain with no forend tip. Horn is interesting to work with, becomes pliable and malleable when heated in boiling water for easy basic shaping and is tough as well as attractive.

 

[Jonnyofalltrades]

Not made of horn,seriously? I geuss the literally hundreds I've worked on were replaced ,go figure��

I would take your word over mine on this sort of thing, Chris. Thought I knew what I was talking about.

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Windsor Plywood specializes in exotic hardwoods and most stores have a good stock of various smaller pieces for hobbiests.

X2.

Grizz

 

[Mike Webb]

Going with horn. A member offered some bits for price of postage. Good guy. Will post pics when sorted out.

 

[mooncoon]

Some of the feed stores carry cow hooves for dogs to chew on ; just the hoof and no bone. A black hoof is very close to the colour of black horn

cheers mooncoon

 

[Jonnyofalltrades]

Some of the feed stores carry cow hooves for dogs to chew on ; just the hoof and no bone. A black hoof is very close to the colour of black horn

cheers mooncoon

Great tip, but boy did that make me laugh.

I used moose hoof for inlays about 25 years ago. Seem to remember it curling a little, but it might have just needed some heat to tame it down.

 

[BigUglyMan]

Have an old British double. It had a small ebony tip on the splinter forend( I'm guessing here). It is long gone and I would like to find a small piece of ebony, epoxy it in then file and sand it to profile of forend. Anyone have any or know where it can be purchased?

East Coast Specialty Hardwoods in Dartmouth has ebony. I can pick you up a piece, if you want.

 

[FatCatsDad]

https://exotic-woods.com/

Burlington Ontario

Son in law builds Guitars, buys all types from them

 

[Meroh]

A&M Wood Specialty in Cambridge Ontario.

 

[Mike Webb]

Job is complete. Looks much better, I think. Used a piece of Buffalo horn that a CGNer sent me free. Thanks Sean. I prefer the horn to ebony.

 

[dan belisle]

Looks good. Nice job. - dan

 

[Ashcroft]

That looks very nice, classy. Good job.

 

[sean69]

It does look really good - a nice little bit of extra colour in it

 

[MilitaryCollectorMark]

Very nice!!!

 

[Butcherbill]

Sharp looking repair.

 

[bush1]

Nicely done.

 

[rhino519]

looks really good, great work